Dispensing-cabinet.



D. M. ROSS.

DISPENSING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19. ms.

1,1 60,448. Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

W|tnesses Inventor M M Attorneys D. M. ROSS.

DISPENSING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19. 1915.

1,1 60,448. Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- Inventor I 7 I Attorneys DAVID M. ROSS, OF YOUNGSTOWN, FLORIDA.

DISPENSING-CABINET. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. is, 1915.

' Application filed March 19, 1915. Serial No. 15,520.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, DAVID V citizen of the United States, residing at Youngstown, in the county of Bay and State of Florida, have inventec a new and useful is a specification.

The present invention appertains to a dispensingcabinet adapted to be employed in grocery stores, and elsewhere, and aims to provide a novel and improved structure whereby a plurality of articles, such as rice,

coffee, beans, peas, and the like, can be readily dispensed at a'central point.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a dispensing apparatus of the nature indicated, embodying novel means for controlling the discharge of the various materials, and for 'directingthe discharged material into a sack disposed upon a counter scale, the present apparatus being so designed as to be supported above a counter scale for conveniently delivering thedesired material into the sack which is placed upon the scale platform. i

It is also within the scope of the invention to provide an appliance of the character specified which is comparatively simple,

noirencuinbering, compact and inexpensive in construction, which will eliminate waste, which will save time, and which is sanitary, convenient, practical and efficient in use.

lVith the foregoing, and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described [and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made Within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

' The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein z- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved dispensing cabinet, a portion of one I bin being broken away to disclose the hop-' per bottom thereof. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the invention. Fig. 3 is an enlarged front view of the controlling device and discharge hopper, portions being broken away. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Fi 3.

in carrying out the invention, there, is provided a group or cluster of bins l mounted upon a suitable platform 2, this platform M[ Ross, a

Dispensingfiabinet, of which the following i I the bins lhas a hopper with a spout l projecting through the platform 2, and inclined pipes 5 have their upper ends slipped into the spouts l. The pipes5 are preferably constructed of'glass or othertransparent ma terial, whereby the various materials which gravitate into the pipes 5 from the bins will be displayed or exhibited in an effective manner, and which enables the customer as 2 well as the proprietor or clerk to select the desired goods. The lower ends of the pipes 5 are arranged in a line, and

device 6 embodies an elongated horizontal plate 7 having a downturned marginal flange or rim 8, and a longitudinal series of apertures or openings 9 between its sides. A longitudinal strip or member 10 is secured upon the is arched over or offset upwardly above the said openings, thearched or ofiset portions 11 each being provided with an opening 12 above the respective opening 9, and each of the'portions 11 is further provided with an upstanding sleeve 13 spective opening 12 and into which the lower end of the respective pipe 5 is slipped. The pipes 5 are thus brought from the various vice 6.

A valve or plate 7, and is provided with an opening or or other dispensing point are connected" to the dispensing device 6. This dispensing surrounding the re-- bottom 8 provided downwardly plate 7 between the openings 9 and v cut oii' 1 L is slidab-le withinf each arched or offset portion 11 upon the aperture 15 adapted to be brought into and out of registration with the respective openings 9 and 12. wardly pro ecting stems 16 which are slidable through brackets 17 carried by the front portion of the flange or rim 8 of the plate 7 and knobs 18 are secured upon the forward or free ends of the stems 16. Coiled wire expansion springs 19 are disposed. upon the stems 16 between the brackets 17 and knobs 18, for yieldably moving the valves 14 forward to closed position.

A common hopper 20 is employed for the various materials, the same being elongated or of the same contour as the plate 7, and its mouth is adapted to slip upwardly overthe The valves 14 carry foredge portion of the flange or rim 8 01": the

plate 7. One end of the hopper-2O is hinged,

' as at 21, to one end of the plate 7, and the other or free end of the hopper is normally secured to the other end of the plate 7 by means of a spring catch 22;

The hopper 'is provided with a depending outlet spout 23, and an extension sleeve or spout section 24 istelescoped ontothe spout 23 and is provided with a spring or other device 25 engageable with the spout 1 23' to]; holding the extension sleeve 24 at platform below the low the dispensing device 6, and a'bag or sack may be readily placed upon the scale dischargehopper20. In

placing the bag or. sack upon the scale platform, the extension sleeve 24: is slid up; wardly so that the bag'or sack may be readily placed upon the platform of a scale,

and in which event the sleeve 24 is slid downwardly so as to enter the bag or sack.

Thenby'pressmg the proper knob 18, the

respective valve 14 will be slid 'to open 130- e sition to bring the opening 15 thereof into register with'the respective openings 9 and i 12, and this will allow the desired material a the bag or sack..

controlled by manipulating, the valve ,145, v be cut off properly, in

to flow into thehopper'20vand thence downw'vardly through the hopper spout 23:into

' Thefiow" of material is and the flow may order thatwhen the desired quantity ofmateri'al is discharged into the bagorsaclr, the;

flowcmay bejentirely cut off. The bag or sack being-placed upon the scale, will serve the amount of to indicate upon; the scale, material within the bag, and when the de-c sired amount of material has been dis; charged into the bag or sack, the correspond ing valve may be'closedby simply releasing 'the'knobi ;19,there'of so that the valve willbe closed under the influence-of its spring 19. Then, by moving the sleeve 24'upward,'the bag or sack may I the scale, for the purpose of tying the sameL and pipes; 5 from below,

is desired to clean out the openings 9,- 15,

in a' grocery store, or else- I where, andthe bins 1 may be filled with rice, and other materials which be readily removed from r The vertically-movable sleeve 24 enables various sizes ofbags to be accommodated, and when large objects are to be weighed upon the scale, the hopper 20 may, be swung to from the spring catch or. latch 22, swinging the hopper-upon the hinge 21 to the respective sidezof the pipes 5. will remove. the hopper 20 to one side and upwardly out of the way when desired, and furthermore, the hopper may be swung open to enable access to be had to-rthe valves l l especially when it and" 12, and the pipes 5 7 Although the present apparatus vis particularly useful in grocery storesfor dispensing various materials at a central point, the device :may be employed in other capacities, which will be obvious without further comment. I i V v, i Having thus described the invention, what isclaimedas new is 1. In an apparatus of the character. de scribed, a plurality of bins, pipes connected to the bins and extending downwardly there from to deliverthe'material from the bins, and a dispensing device including, a member having a longitudinal series of offset portionsto whichthe lower ends of said pipes are connected, a hopper hinged to said memher to be swung under the same and. to one sidethereof, and valves carried by said inemher for controlling thedischarge of materials 'fromsaid pipes into the hopper.-

V 2. A dispensingdevice including armeme berhaving a longitudinal series of openings, a strip on said v member havinga longitudi- This one side, by detaching the free end thereof 7 and then.

nal series of offset portionsprovided with means for the attachment of pipes thereto,

valves slidablein said portions upon said member and having openings adapted to be brought into'and outjof registration with said openings, and a 'hopper carried by said member. 7 V we Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as. my own, I have hereto afiix'ed my signature 1 in the presence of two witnesses;

, DAVID M. oss;

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